Doing Business 2018 is the 15th in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
... Exibir mais + This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Tajikistan. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulation and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies; for 2018 Tajikistan ranks 123. Doing Business measures aspects of regulation affecting 11 areas of the life of a business. Ten of these areas are included in this year’s ranking on the ease of doing business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. Doing Business also measures features of labor market regulation, which is not included in this year’s ranking. Data in Doing Business 2018 are current as of June 1, 2017. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms of business regulation have worked, where and why.
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This brief is about improving the infrastructure in Tajikistan. The government is investing in improving infrastructure to connect communities, improve economic outcomes, and achieve a more resilient future for its citizens.
... Exibir mais + Tajikistan also remains one of the most isolated countries in the world, a situation made worse by landslides, debris flows and floods that can render bridges unsafe and roads impassable and, through time, weaken the flood defenses which protect its most exposed communities. To secure a resilient future for the country, it is critical that the government protect communities and livelihoods through safer, more reliable transport networks and flood defense, and strengthened emergency services. The World Bank investment program aids to reinforce Tajikistan’s adaptive capabilities by strengthening critical infrastructure assets in some of the country’s most remote areas, and enhance wider preparedness measures, including an overhaul of its national emergency response services.
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This report presents a diagnostic of WASH conditions in Tajikistan and documents the characteristics, realities, and priorities of the country’s WASH-deprived population, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data sources.
... Exibir mais + Tajikistan, a landlocked country located on the western tip of the Himalayas, is among the poorest nations in Central Asia. While monetary poverty has fallen fairly rapidly in the past 15 years, with the poverty headcount declining from 72 to 49 percent (2003−09) and then from 37 to 31 percent of the population (2012−15), poverty remains high by global standards. Some 2.6 million of the country’s 8.6 million residents live under the national poverty line. Poverty is also unequally distributed, with poverty most severe in remote and mountainous settlements, and with 76 percent of the poor living in rural areas. Multidimensional poverty (which accounts for demographics, labor, education, and access to services), at 64 percent, is much higher than monetary poverty. The country is heavily dependent on remittances and two-thirds of the working population is employed in low-productivity agriculture. Poverty varies greatly across and within regions, with deep pockets of poverty in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Khatlon, and the Districts of Republican Subordination (DRS). Access to improved drinking water sources, and to sanitation connected to a functioning sewerage system, are among the most severely limited and unequally distributed services in the country. Tajikistan has abundant fresh water resources, with lakes containing 20 km of water resources, and glaciers holding an additional 845 k
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This report presents a diagnostic of WASH conditions in Tajikistan and documents the characteristics, realities, and priorities of the country’s WASH-deprived population, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data sources.
... Exibir mais + Tajikistan, a landlocked country located on the western tip of the Himalayas, is among the poorest nations in Central Asia. While monetary poverty has fallen fairly rapidly in the past 15 years, with the poverty headcount declining from 72 to 49 percent (2003−09) and then from 37 to 31 percent of the population (2012−15), poverty remains high by global standards. Some 2.6 million of the country’s 8.6 million residents live under the national poverty line. Poverty is also unequally distributed, with poverty most severe in remote and mountainous settlements, and with 76 percent of the poor living in rural areas. Multidimensional poverty (which accounts for demographics, labor, education, and access to services), at 64 percent, is much higher than monetary poverty. The country is heavily dependent on remittances and two-thirds of the working population is employed in low-productivity agriculture. Poverty varies greatly across and within regions, with deep pockets of poverty in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Khatlon, and the Districts of Republican Subordination (DRS). Access to improved drinking water sources, and to sanitation connected to a functioning sewerage system, are among the most severely limited and unequally distributed services in the country. Tajikistan has abundant fresh water resources, with lakes containing 20 km of water resources, and glaciers holding an additional 845 k
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The systems approach for better education results (SABER) is an established tool designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education systems.
... Exibir mais + SABER uses diagnostic tools for examining education systems and their component policy domains against global standards and best practices, and in comparison with the policies and practices of countries around the world. By leveraging this global knowledge, the SABER tools fill a gap in the availability of data and evidence on what matters most to improve the quality of education and achievement of better results. This report discusses the results of applying the SABER - education management information systems (EMIS) tool in Tajikistan. The objectives of this report are to examine the system according to key policy areas, identify successes, and challenges in the system, and provide recommendations to support the continued advancement of EMIS in Tajikistan.
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Despite continuing external challenges, economic output rose strongly in 2016 according to official estimates. Driven mainly by foreign-financed public and private investment, real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by a robust 6.9 percent.
... Exibir mais + At the same time, a protracted decline in real remittances and exchange rate depreciation in the context of an improving but still complex external environment led to a significant adjustment in the current account balance. The authorities pursued expansionary fiscal policies in 2016, including through a considerable increase in foreign-financed capital investment in the energy sector, road infrastructure, and projects related to the country’s 25th anniversary of independence. The government also stimulated domestic demand by raising public sector wages and social transfers. Monetary policy was accommodative, supporting a heightened demand for local currency as the exchange rate stabilized and wholesale transactions that were previously conducted in foreign currency switched to local currency. Materialized risk in the financial sector and the subsequent bailout of Tajikistan’s two largest banks at end-2016 resulted in a deterioration of fiscal and debt sustainability indicators. Lingering challenges in the financial sector, high state-owned enterprise (SOE) contingent liability risk, and an unconducive business climate weigh on economic growth prospects. A weaker-than-expected recovery in regional economies or delays in the expansion of the targeted social assistance (TSA) program can derail poverty reduction efforts. Continuing challenges in accessing credit by pro-poor sectors of the economy will diminish the pace of both poverty reduction and job creation in low-skilled sectors like construction and agriculture.
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Across the world, different sectors of government are embracing the use of information technology in delivering services and interacting with citizens.
... Exibir mais + While improving service delivery and efficiency is typically a central motivation of these e-government initiatives, increasing compliance is often an important consequence. Electronic tax filing was introduced in Tajikistan in 2012 as part of a broader reform package of the Central Asia Tax Administration Project. Through this project, the IFC provided support to the Tax Committee of Tajikistan and stakeholders from the business community in crafting a new tax code that went into effect on January 1, 2013. The new code contains a number of reforms aimed at reducing compliance costs for businesses and stimulating business formalization and growth. By making it easier for people to file and pay taxes, and by closing off opportunities for unofficial interactions, the government expects that e-filing will ultimately lead to increased voluntary compliance and thus increased tax revenues. Other motives for introducing e-filing are to improve the availability and quality of tax records by reducing the mistakes made by clerks with large data entry burdens; and improving the efficiency of tax administration by releasing officials from routine work to focus on higher value activities. This study contributes to the growing body of evidence on the impact of technology on governance by examining the introduction of electronic tax filing in Tajikistan.
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This project provides novel empirical evidence on the impact of technology on tax compliance costs and tax behavior of firms by examining the adoption and subsequent impact of electronic tax filing (e-filing) on small and medium enterprises in Tajikistan.
... Exibir mais + It is,to the best of our knowledge, the first randomized experiment on this topic. In this context, electronic filing allows taxpayers to submit their tax declarations online instead of in person at the tax office thereby eliminating the need for time-consuming visits to the tax office and frequent interactions with tax officials (and the potential unofficial behaviors that may arise from these interactions.
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Despite continuing external challenges, economic output rose strongly in 2016 according to official estimates. Driven mainly by foreign-financed public and private investment, real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by a robust 6.9 percent.
... Exibir mais + At the same time, a protracted decline in real remittances and exchange rate depreciation in the context of an improving but still complex external environment led to a significant adjustment in the current account balance. The authorities pursued expansionary fiscal policies in 2016, including through a considerable increase in foreign-financed capital investment in the energy sector, road infrastructure, and projects related to the country’s 25th anniversary of independence. The government also stimulated domestic demand by raising public sector wages and social transfers. Monetary policy was accommodative, supporting a heightened demand for local currency as the exchange rate stabilized and wholesale transactions that were previously conducted in foreign currency switched to local currency. Materialized risk in the financial sector and the subsequent bailout of Tajikistan’s two largest banks at end-2016 resulted in a deterioration of fiscal and debt sustainability indicators. Lingering challenges in the financial sector, high state-owned enterprise (SOE) contingent liability risk, and an unconducive business climate weigh on economic growth prospects. A weaker-than-expected recovery in regional economies or delays in the expansion of the targeted social assistance (TSA) program can derail poverty reduction efforts. Continuing challenges in accessing credit by pro-poor sectors of the economy will diminish the pace of both poverty reduction and job creation in low-skilled sectors like construction and agriculture.
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The Country Opinion Survey in Tajikistan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Tajikistan perceive the WBG.
... Exibir mais + It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Tajikistan on 1) their views regarding the general environment in Tajikistan; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Tajikistan; 3) overall impressions of the WBG's effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Tajikistan; and 4) their perceptions of the WBG's future role in Tajikistan.
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The Aral Sea Basin consists of the drainage area of two major rivers, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya. The rivers originate in the Tien Shan Mountains and the Pamirs, and run through Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
... Exibir mais + An estimated 116 k
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Tajikistan’s economy is not creating sufficient jobs for its rapidly growing workforce, in particular its burgeoning youth population. As a result, its most valuable asset – human capital – is largely underutilized.
... Exibir mais + Although remittance-driven growth since the early 2000s has led to a steep decline in the poverty rate, poverty remains high. Strong economic growth in the last decade has not resulted from structural transformation that can lead to sustained improvements in the standard of living. Jobs have been created, but these are mainly in low-productivity activities, often in the informal sector. In addition, there are major inequalities in terms of labor market outcomes between population groups and across regions. The report, “Tajikistan Jobs Diagnostic: Strategic Framework for Jobs”, analyzes the main challenges the country faces in creating jobs at the macro, firm, and household levels. It also sets out policy recommendations to enable the country to create more and better jobs that are also more inclusive of women, youth, and other vulnerable population groups.
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Tajikistan’s economy is not creating sufficient jobs for its rapidly growing workforce, in particular its burgeoning youth population. As a result, its most valuable asset – human capital – is largely underutilized.
... Exibir mais + Although remittance-driven growth since the early 2000s has led to a steep decline in the poverty rate, poverty remains high. Strong economic growth in the last decade has not resulted from structural transformation that can lead to sustained improvements in the standard of living. Jobs have been created, but these are mainly in low-productivity activities, often in the informal sector. In addition, there are major inequalities in terms of labor market outcomes between population groups and across regions. The report, “Tajikistan Jobs Diagnostic: Strategic Framework for Jobs”, analyzes the main challenges the country faces in creating jobs at the macro, firm, and household levels. It also sets out policy recommendations to enable the country to create more and better jobs that are also more inclusive of women, youth, and other vulnerable population groups.
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The policy objective of the proposed Impact Evaluation (IE) is to build evidence on the impact and cost-effectiveness of the proposed performance based financing (PBF) project in Tajikistan.
... Exibir mais + More specifically, the IE would seek to ascertain: (i) the impact and cost-effectiveness of the PBF model implemented in Tajikistan; and (ii) whether PBF is more effective or cost-effective if implemented in conjunction with additional low cost interventions (Collaborative Quality Improvement (CQI), Citizen Score Cards (CSC)). The results from the IE will help informing the Ministry of Health (MOH) on whether PBF should be scaled-up to additional primary health care (PHC) level institutions in other regions. The collaborative quality improvement intervention responds to policy concerns that performance incentives may not produce the desired improvements if providers lack the necessary competencies, data to inform decisions and knowledge. The Citizen Report Card attempts to improve the effectiveness of PBF by strengthening the 'short route of accountability', i.e., by increasing accountability of health facilities to their local constituents. Since PBF, collaborative quality improvement, and citizen score cards have never been implemented in large scale in Tajikistan, it is to be expected that the results from the IE will be useful for designing national PHC policy in Tajikistan, and that they will also contribute to the larger body of knowledge on these interventions.
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Tajikistan's population and economy are exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes posing the greater risk of a high impact. About seventy five percent of Tajikistan's population lives in rural environments.
... Exibir mais + The model results for risk shown in this risk profile are based on population and gross domestic product (GDP) estimates for 2015. This report covers the details of earthquakes and floods in top affected provinces of Tajikistan.
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This report presents a diagnostic of WASH conditions in Tajikistan and documents the characteristics, realities, and priorities of the country’s WASH-deprived population, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data sources.
... Exibir mais + Tajikistan, a landlocked country located on the western tip of the Himalayas, is among the poorest nations in Central Asia. While monetary poverty has fallen fairly rapidly in the past 15 years, with the poverty headcount declining from 72 to 49 percent (2003−09) and then from 37 to 31 percent of the population (2012−15), poverty remains high by global standards. Some 2.6 million of the country’s 8.6 million residents live under the national poverty line. Poverty is also unequally distributed, with poverty most severe in remote and mountainous settlements, and with 76 percent of the poor living in rural areas. Multidimensional poverty (which accounts for demographics, labor, education, and access to services), at 64 percent, is much higher than monetary poverty. The country is heavily dependent on remittances and two-thirds of the working population is employed in low-productivity agriculture. Poverty varies greatly across and within regions, with deep pockets of poverty in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Khatlon, and the Districts of Republican Subordination (DRS). Access to improved drinking water sources, and to sanitation connected to a functioning sewerage system, are among the most severely limited and unequally distributed services in the country. Tajikistan has abundant fresh water resources, with lakes containing 20 km of water resources, and glaciers holding an additional 845 k
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This report presents a diagnostic of WASH conditions in Tajikistan and documents the characteristics, realities, and priorities of the country’s WASH-deprived population, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data sources.
... Exibir mais + Tajikistan, a landlocked country located on the western tip of the Himalayas, is among the poorest nations in Central Asia. While monetary poverty has fallen fairly rapidly in the past 15 years, with the poverty headcount declining from 72 to 49 percent (2003−09) and then from 37 to 31 percent of the population (2012−15), poverty remains high by global standards. Some 2.6 million of the country’s 8.6 million residents live under the national poverty line. Poverty is also unequally distributed, with poverty most severe in remote and mountainous settlements, and with 76 percent of the poor living in rural areas. Multidimensional poverty (which accounts for demographics, labor, education, and access to services), at 64 percent, is much higher than monetary poverty. The country is heavily dependent on remittances and two-thirds of the working population is employed in low-productivity agriculture. Poverty varies greatly across and within regions, with deep pockets of poverty in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Khatlon, and the Districts of Republican Subordination (DRS). Access to improved drinking water sources, and to sanitation connected to a functioning sewerage system, are among the most severely limited and unequally distributed services in the country. Tajikistan has abundant fresh water resources, with lakes containing 20 km of water resources, and glaciers holding an additional 845 k
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This report presents a diagnostic of WASH conditions in Tajikistan and documents the characteristics, realities, and priorities of the country’s WASH-deprived population, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data sources.
... Exibir mais + Tajikistan, a landlocked country located on the western tip of the Himalayas, is among the poorest nations in Central Asia. While monetary poverty has fallen fairly rapidly in the past 15 years, with the poverty headcount declining from 72 to 49 percent (2003−09) and then from 37 to 31 percent of the population (2012−15), poverty remains high by global standards. Some 2.6 million of the country’s 8.6 million residents live under the national poverty line. Poverty is also unequally distributed, with poverty most severe in remote and mountainous settlements, and with 76 percent of the poor living in rural areas. Multidimensional poverty (which accounts for demographics, labor, education, and access to services), at 64 percent, is much higher than monetary poverty. The country is heavily dependent on remittances and two-thirds of the working population is employed in low-productivity agriculture. Poverty varies greatly across and within regions, with deep pockets of poverty in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Khatlon, and the Districts of Republican Subordination (DRS). Access to improved drinking water sources, and to sanitation connected to a functioning sewerage system, are among the most severely limited and unequally distributed services in the country. Tajikistan has abundant fresh water resources, with lakes containing 20 km of water resources, and glaciers holding an additional 845 k
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This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Tajikistan. To allow useful comparison, it also provides data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for each indicator.
... Exibir mais + Doing Business 2017 is the 14th in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for 2016 Tajikistan ranks 130. Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 11 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, resolving insolvency and labor market regulation. Doing Business 2017 presents the data for the labor market regulation indicators in an annex. The report does not present rankings of economies on labor market regulation indicators or include the topic in the aggregate distance to frontier score or ranking on the ease of doing business. The indicators are used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where and why. The data in this report are current as of June 1, 2016 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover the period January–December 2015).
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